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Britain's dairy farmers face an uncertain future as the Milk Marketing Board moves toward a different system for buying and selling. Shropshire dairy farmer Ben Boot shares his views with Robert Forster. Producer Carol Trewin

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Boot
Unknown:
Robert Forster.
Producer:
Carol Trewin

Wellsprings of the Spirit
A series of devotional services for Lent which explore the themes of personal and practical spirituality.
Today's worship, the fifth in the series, comes from Iona and Govan Old
Parish Church, Glasgow, with the Wild Goose
Worship Group of the Iona Community, and follows the theme of Vulnerability. Led by the Rev Johnston McKay. Director of Music John Bell.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev Johnston

This week the team visits Dolgellau in Wales, where members of the Merioneth Horticultural Society put their questions to
Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Sue Phillips.
Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Diana Stenson
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Gardeners' Question Time. BBC, PO Box 27. Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Sue Phillips.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

The Theory and Practice of Rings by Marcella Evaristi.
Rings for passion, rings for remembrance, rings for good fortune. Daniela's school project leads her back to her Italian past and deeper into her Glasgow present.
Director Hilary Norrish. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcella Evaristi.
Director:
Hilary Norrish.
Daniela:
Kate Donnelly
Chiara:
Phyllis Logan
Mark:
Nick Reding
Maria:
Ida Schusta
Dino:
Carey Wilson
Morag:
Elaine Collins
Taxi driver:
Gordon Reid

I The children's
I book programme returns for another series.
This week: Michael Rosen talks to John Cunliffe , poet, educationalist and creator of Postman Pat. Producer Jill Burridge

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
John Cunliffe
Producer:
Jill Burridge

Valerie Solti travels the world with her husband, the conductor Sir Georg. But for her no cultural capital could ever compare with her native Leeds, which gave birth to the International Piano
Competition.
Producer Jill Marshall

Contributors

Unknown:
Valerie Solti
Producer:
Jill Marshall

Sadism, obsession and even necrophilia; the disturbing work of the 19th-century writer
Edgar Allan Poe continues to fascinate and influence. His life was as turbulent as his fiction: disowned by his stepfather as dissolute and irresponsible, he died an alcoholic at forty.
Nigel Forde explores his life and work with Poe's biographer,
Kenneth Silverman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Allan Poe
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Kenneth Silverman.

A children's entertainment duo, a club comic, a street-theatre act and an accordion band - they're all in the third division of the entertainment business. But they are all dedicated, established, professional and getting bookings. Ian McMillan and Martyn Wiley (also known as the duo Yakkety Yak) find out what makes them go on with the show. Producer Dave Sheasby

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McMillan
Unknown:
Martyn Wiley
Producer:
Dave Sheasby

"We knew about the grammar school. You had to do homework. You couldn't go home at lunchtime. You had to play football, and they were all sissies who wore funny hats and talked posh."
Alf Walker remembers his wartime schooldays in Lincolnshire.

Contributors

Speaker:
Alf Walker

Pondering These Things
A series of seven devotional talks for Lent and Easter in which women reflect on themes from the Apostles' Creed. 5: Born of the Virgin Man With Lavinia Byme , associate secretary of the Council of Churches for
England and Ireland.
Producer Guli Francis-Dehqani Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Lavinia Byme
Producer:
Guli Francis-Dehqani

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